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Join in Christmas bird count at the Savannas Preserve State Park

Kelsey Doyle, Special to TCPalm
Published 9:37 p.m. ET Nov. 28, 2018

If you would like to get involved, contact Environmental Specialist Doug Rogers at 772-340-7530 or by email at doug.t.rogers@floridadep.gov.(Photo: CONTRIBUTED BY KELSEY DOYLE/SAVANNAS PRESERVE STATE PARK)

PORT ST. LUCIE— Please join the Savannas Preserve State Park on Sunday, Dec.16, for the 119th Annual Christmas bird count.

Every year, throughout the Americas, thousands of volunteers collect data on bird populations.

Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this long-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations, and to help guide conservation action.

If you would like to get involved, contact Environmental Specialist Doug Rogers at 772-340-7530 or by email at doug.t.rogers@floridadep.gov.

Volunteers will meet at the Education Center at 7 a.m. The volunteer program will last until about 4 p.m, however some volunteers will have the option to finish around noon. Please bring a lunch, plenty of drinking water, field clothes, binoculars, and a bird identification book if you have one.

The Education Center is located at 2541 SE Walton Road, Port St Lucie..